December 10th: American Pokemans get shown
On December 10th, six days after the Japanese launch of Pokémon Snap, the American Virtual Console will feature the rail-photography game. To promote the release, the online Toonami Jetstream channel will show a week of Pokémon cartoon episodes featuring Todd, the protagonist of Snap who was hamfistedly crammed into the show to help sell cartridges.Why should you care about a Pokémon spinoff game? We'll recap:
- It's a pretty okay game
- Judged against other Pokémon spinoff games, it's a freakin' masterpiece
- Expanded functionality allows you to share photos with Wii Friends
- (if you're me) More attention on Pokémon Snap could finally get the "photography game" genre going, or at least convince Hudson to let us download Photograph Boy.
[Thanks, Orange Soda!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
troy @ Dec 2nd 2007 12:31PM
I am getting for sure, probably as part of an overall christmas present package for my GF. It will be my fourth N64 purchase on the VC, which shockingly amounts to more money than I realized! LOL but it was literally over the course of a year so how can I feel that bad? I really am excited about the added functionality of sending the pics, suddenly all my Wii friends will be getting pics of Poke-folk and they won't know why!
Orange Soda @ Dec 2nd 2007 12:32PM
I'm famous!
TriptychR @ Dec 2nd 2007 3:24PM
And I thought your popularity died after Kevin and Kell.
megapenguinx @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:34PM
I think you meant Kenan and Kell
Patrick @ Dec 2nd 2007 12:36PM
Damn I need to get that. I used to play that all the time. It really is awesome. I want to see what hard pictures I remember how to get. I know that like one you have to keep on taking pics of Magickarp and eventually he goes into a waterfall and turns into Garadose (or however you spell it, haven't played pokemon in a while). I think it is cool that you can send pics. Because if you and a friend are both playing it, and you get a picture of a pokemon he has never seen, it will just be funny having he trying to guess how you got it.
hvnlysoldr @ Dec 2nd 2007 12:51PM
You hit Magikarp in the valley with pester balls at three locations until it hits the waterfall evolving into Gyarados.
There were 3 weapons at your disposal. Apples to lure pokemon out and make them happy. Pester balls shaped as green and purple pokeballs shoot out a purple gas on contact forcing certain pokemon out of hiding and making them mad. Also useful for aggravating pokemon into evolving. The final weapon was Poke Flute which had 3 different tunes that could make pokemon dance such as Khanghaskhan and Snorlax.
If only, if only there were mudkipz in the game. Sigh.
Calvin @ Dec 2nd 2007 1:18PM
I remember spending hours with my friends on this game, Defiantly going to download it, probably along with Mario 64 after christmas.
ALH @ Dec 2nd 2007 1:52PM
europe? yes? no?
I loves me some pokemon snap
Cal @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:21PM
We'll (well, Europe and Australasia) probably get it either this Friday or next Friday.
DonWii @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:40PM
I passed on it before, in favor of "Hey you, Pikachu".
I'll get it now, though.
Zachary Hinchliffe @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:24PM
oh man i loved this game
Michael K. @ Dec 2nd 2007 10:23PM
I loved pokemon snap!!!!!
Haohmaru @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:51AM
I've never been a fan of Pokemon, but actually enjoyed this game anyway back in the day. I like that they added some Wii-exclusive functionality and hope that we see more things like that in the future.
Dash @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:57AM
The funny thing about this game is that not too much people played it (a pokemon game a the N64 was kind of suspicious), but those who did loved the thing (I know I did). Not sure if will pick again simply because I know I can get everything in 2 hours now that I know everything.
And sending pics is fine, but I would really want online leaderbords for VC games (online multiplayer too, but that may be beyond reality).